After Yoenis Cespedes drove in his second run of the game with a double, Betts connected off Chris Archer (8-7) to cap a five-run second inning that made it 8-0. ...
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After Yoenis Cespedes drove in his second run of the game with a double, Betts connected off Chris Archer (8-7) to cap a five-run second inning that made it 8-0.

Ranaudo (3-0), recalled from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game, gave up three runs and five hits. He has won all three of his big league starts.

Archer allowed eight runs and nine hits over four innings.

There were no incidents in the first meeting between the teams since Archer and the Rays took issue with the way David Ortiz acted after hitting a three-run homer off the Tampa Bay pitcher on July 27. Archer made a point of saying he didn’t appreciate Ortiz flipping his bat before beginning his home run trot, and added that the star DH “feels like he’s bigger than the game.”

Ortiz singled in five at-bats. Cespedes and Daniel Nava each hit RBI singles during a three-run first. The other run scored on one of two Tampa Bay errors in the inning.

The Rays have at least one error in six consecutive games.

Boston sent nine batters to the plate in the both the first and second innings.

Brandon Guyer hit a two-run homer in the fifth and added an RBI single in the ninth for the Rays, who have lost nine of 13.

Rays: CF Desmond Jennings was a late scratch due to left knee soreness. ... OF Wil Myers had an infield single in four at-bats and is 6 for 37 with 14 strikeouts since returning from a broken right wrist that kept him sidelined for 70 games.

ON DECK

Rays RHP Jake Odorizzi (9-11) and Red Sox RHP Allen Webster (3-2) are Saturday night’s scheduled starters. Webster gave up two runs, three hits and five walks in 51⁄3 innings to beat Archer on July 27.